AMD k6 II with lenny very slow!

Hi!! My i've an amd k6 II 500 mhz and 400 M of ram and hd 15G. It's works VERY slow specially with fluxbox o similar. So,looking on the net, i read that the precompiled kernels for this processor aren't supported any more. And the big question is What can i do????. Other dist. like puppy or slax works find , but i want work with Lenny!!!.
Thaks to all and sorry by the english!!.
Pablo Condoleo - Argentina

Hi Pablo,
I can't think of a good reason to run Lenny on your system. The new kernel will not add new functionality that your system can take advantage of..
Newer does not mean better in the linux world. Try an older distro or stick with puppy and slack.
If you must run the lenny base, you could recompile an older kernel but some software may not work if it has newer kernel dependencies.

Hello William, the reason is because is hard to me buy a new pc in this moment and i just want to skills with it. I don't know if Etch will be supported more time, so i keep on with it with most recent kernel.
Thanks a lot for your answer!!!!!.
Cheers!
Pablo.

I certainly understand the PC buying problem and linux will run great with that K6 machine. But, the vanilla lenny system is a bit bloated for you.
While Etch may not be officially supported, the community will help you and the Debian community is about as good as it gets.... Apologies to the 'Hatters' out there. I know you have a good community too but the Debian community won me a long time ago.

Mepis Antix is Lenny based but is a lightweight distro aimed at Netbooks.
I've got it running on a P2 with minimal ram etc and its going perfectly
well from the install.
Hope this helps.
John Bamber - UK